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Volume-Mass Relations for Unsaturated Soils

by: Murray Fredlund 1000 9.81 9.81 kg/m^3 kN/m^3 m/s^2 density of water unit weight of water acceleration of gravity

Saturation (%) (Vw/Vv) given

Void Ratio e given Vv/Vs 0.9

Porosity n e/(1+e) Vv/Vt 0.47

Specific Gravity given

W ater Content (%) Se/Gs Mw/Ms 31.9%

Volumetric W ater Cont. (Vw/Vt) Se 1+e 0.474

Dry Density (kg/m^3) Gs x pw 1+e 1,484

Total Total Unit Density W eight (kg/m^3) (kN/m^3) (Gs+Se)pw (Gs+Se)g.pw 1+e 1+e 1,958 19.21

Solids Content Si Ms Mt 75.81%

100%

2.82

3,200

Constant total density lines are dotted

2,700

Dry Density (kg/m^3)

2,200

1,700

S=10% 1,200

S=100%

S=20%
S=30% S=40%

S=90%

S=80%
S=70% S=60%

700 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Water Content, w (%)

S=50% 50%

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